A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical SketchesT. Nelson and Sons, 1871 - 549 pages |
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Page 48
... , he was not seized and martyred ; because nearly all English laymen were on his side - some from political motives , others on religious grounds . The pope and his creatures , THE SHUTTING OF HIS DIVINITY CLASS . 49 though their.
... , he was not seized and martyred ; because nearly all English laymen were on his side - some from political motives , others on religious grounds . The pope and his creatures , THE SHUTTING OF HIS DIVINITY CLASS . 49 though their.
Page 111
... political in- formation , some curious pictures of the Emperor and his court , which are valuable as being sketched by an eye - witness . EXTRACT FROM " THE SCHOOLMASTER " OF ASCHAM . Before I went into Germany , I came to Broadgate in ...
... political in- formation , some curious pictures of the Emperor and his court , which are valuable as being sketched by an eye - witness . EXTRACT FROM " THE SCHOOLMASTER " OF ASCHAM . Before I went into Germany , I came to Broadgate in ...
Page 125
... politics dull and warp the beauty of the poetry , -a fact nowhere more manifest than in the fifth book , whose real hero is Lord Grey of Wilton . The language of Spenser was purposely cast in an antique mould , of which one example is ...
... politics dull and warp the beauty of the poetry , -a fact nowhere more manifest than in the fifth book , whose real hero is Lord Grey of Wilton . The language of Spenser was purposely cast in an antique mould , of which one example is ...
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... Political career . Lord High Treasurer . Gorboduc . Its plan and story . Mirrour of Magistrates . The Induction . Illustrative extract . SACKVILLE was the herald of that splendour in which Elizabeth's glorious reign was destined to ...
... Political career . Lord High Treasurer . Gorboduc . Its plan and story . Mirrour of Magistrates . The Induction . Illustrative extract . SACKVILLE was the herald of that splendour in which Elizabeth's glorious reign was destined to ...
Page 159
... thirty years of up - hill labour at the bar and fierce political struggles in the House he was steadily collecting materials to fill in the outlines of his colossal sketch . An 100 THE " 9 INSTAURATIO MAGNA . " English treatise.
... thirty years of up - hill labour at the bar and fierce political struggles in the House he was steadily collecting materials to fill in the outlines of his colossal sketch . An 100 THE " 9 INSTAURATIO MAGNA . " English treatise.
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